bill-of-attainder

bill of attainder - Legal Definition

n

Any legislative act that
imposed a sentence of death and attainder upon one or more specific individuals
or groups without a trial or other judicial proceeding.

In United States constitutional
law, any legislative act that prescribes a punishment on one or more specific
individuals or groups or denies them of civil or political rights without a
trial or other judicial proceeding. Such enactments are prohibited by the
United States Constitution. See also attainder,
bill of pains and particulars, and civil
death.